Remember that there’s no proper pronunciation; the official stance on Cyre is that like Missouri or tomato, how it’s pronounced depends on where you’re from. [SEER], [SIGH-ur], [SEER-ee]… they’re all correct.
— Keith Baker (@HellcowKeith) November 22, 2019
That’s exactly the kind of thing a non-Cyran would say! Personally, I see it as reflecting which of the three Cyres you came from – what's now Valenar, Darguun, or the Mournland.
— Keith Baker (@HellcowKeith) November 22, 2019
Random #Eberron fact: there’s no proper pronunciation of “Cyre.” Like Missouri or tomato, there are different pronunciations in-world. [SEER], [SIGH-ur], [SEER-ee], [KEER-ee]—there’s no wrong answer. However you pronounce it, someone in Eberron says it that way too. I’ll note that *I* have pronounced Cyre as [SEER-ee] for over a decade, having picked it up from Bill @slavicsek. But since my phone goes nuts every time I play in Eberron, I may have to change that…
— Keith Baker (@HellcowKeith) November 22, 2019
But like Missouri people will judge you on how you say it. Also it’s a shibboleth. Absolutely! Personally, I envision it as being tied to the “Three Cyres” – that there’s a different pronunciation depending if you’re from what’s now the Mournland, or what’s now Valenar or Darguun. But I haven’t asserted which is which.
— Keith Baker (@HellcowKeith) November 22, 2019